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In computing, turning the obvious into the useful is a living definition of the word “frustration”.

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“Toward what end, toward what end?”-but do not ask it too often lest you pass up the fun of programming for the constipation of bittersweet philosophy.
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Bittersweet End Fun Least Often Pass Philosophy Program Toward
Dealing with failure is easy.
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Deal Easy Failure
Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it.
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Complexity Follow Precede Simplicity
In programming, as in everything else, to be in error is to be reborn.
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When a professor insists computer science is X but not Y, have compassion for his graduate students.
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Hardly any sets of 10K words can be adequately described with pictures.
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Adequately Describe Hardly Picture Set Ten Thousand Word
We are on the verge: Today our program proved Fermat’s next-to-last theorem.
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Fermat Last Next Program Prove Theorem Today Verge
FORTRAN is not a flower but a weed – it is hardy, occasionally blooms, and grows in every computer.
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Bloom Computer Flower Fortean Grow Hardy Occasionally Weed
One can only display complex information in the mind.
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Complex Display Information Mind Only
In computing, the mean time to failure keeps getting shorter.
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Compute Failure Get Mean Shorter Time
In computing, turning the obvious into the useful is a living definition of the word “frustration”.
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Compute Defibation Frustration Live Obvious Turn Useful Word
It is better to have 100 functions operate on one data structure than to have 10 functions operate on 10 data structures.
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Better Data Function Operate Structure
I think it is inevitable that people program poorly.
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Inevitable People Poorly Program Think
A programming language is low level when its programs require attention to the irrelevant.
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Attention Irrelevant Language Low Program Require
Adapting old programs to fit new machines usually means adapting new machines to behave like old ones.
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There is no such thing as a free variable.
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